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rates Unwrap WINFIELD S. SOULE, OF BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE FOR MARKING LEATHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 537,943, dated April 23, 1895.

Application filed November 6, 1894- Serial No. 528,007. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WINFIELD S. SOULE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and uset'ul Improvements in Machines for Marking eather, of which the following is a specificaion. t

This is a machine for marking or stamping an impression in the form of a line on the fronts of quarters for balmoral shoes, such line being for the purpose of indicating the location of the line of stitching. This machine is termed in the trade a marking machine or second row marking machine. The impression or indentation made by the machine upon the leather is in the form 'of a curved line, and the stitching is intended to follow this line from beginning to end accurately.

The invention consists of the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a plan view of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a section taken on line X, Fig. 1. .Fig. 3 is aplan view of a quarter with the mark upon it made by the machine. Fig. 4 is an elevation of one of the markers, removed. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents a table or bed supported by suitable legs a on a bench B. Hinged at d to the rear portion of the table A are a pair of arms C adapted to swing vertically as shown. These arms are exactly similar in construction and each is provided at its forward end with two rearwardly extending horizontal bores C (Fig. 2) in each of which is held by means of a set screw 6, a screw D, whose outer end only is threaded to receive a hand nut f, and the greater portion of which, that is, that portion at the rear of the shoulder D, is plain and hence adapted to be set by the screw 6. Each arm is also provided with a screw E extending down through the arm as shown in Fig. 2, and the part below the arm is surrounded by a spriral spring F which is of such alength as to hold the lower end of the screw slightly raised from the bed A. A screw H extends from the under side of each arm 0, near its forward end, downward as shown in Fig. 2 and is provided with a suitable adjusting nut 7t. A rod I connects the lower hooked end of the screw H with a suitable treadle K. A stop L is secured adjustably as to height to the screw H by means of the set-screw Z.

S S are the markers, thatis, the devices for producing the impression upon the quarter for the purpose mentioned above. These markers are bent into a suitable shape to pr0- duce the desired curvatures in the line indicated at W in Fig. 3 on the quarter. Each marker is provided with a pair of slots S (see Fig. 4) extending from its upper edge downward, whereby it is enabled to straddle the two screws D to which it is clamped by means of the hand-nutsf which press it against the shoulder D. The lower or marking edge S (see Fig. 5) is made suitably sharp, and the set screws e enable the marker to be adjusted horizontally as desired.

The quarters, which are lettered V, in the drawings are laid on the bed A, and their position is determined by means of suitable gages, three in number, P P P. The marker is adjusted by moving the screws D in the head of the arm 0, which can be lifted for the purpose of applying the markers to the screws D from the under side, as far as the stop L will allow. The normal position of the arms is slightly raised, as'will be seen by reference to Fig. 2, as the spring F holds the bolt E a little above the bed A. The pressure upon the treadle pulls the arm 0 down against the power of the spring F and causes the mark or crease to be produced on the quarter, the downward movement of the arm being limited by the bolt E. I

While treadle power is illustrated in the drawings for the sake of convenience, any suitable power or means of applying power may be employed.

It is evident that the depth of the mark or crease in the quarter may be rendered greater or less by lifting or lowering the gage-bolt E.

Preferably two arms are shown in a single machine in order that the two quarters of a shoe may be marked from the same machine, and if desired simultaneously.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

'1. In a machine of the character described, the bed or table A, the vertically swinging arm 0 supported by said bed and provided with the rearwardly extending horizontal bores O, the screws D secured adj ustably horizontally in said bores, the markers S formed to produce a continuous curved line indicating the location and shape of the line of stitching, said markers being secured adjustably vertically to said screws, and the actuating rod H connected with the arm whereby the marker is forced down upon the quarter, substantially as set forth.

2. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a bed or table, the arm 0 WVINFIELD S. SOULE.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMS, E. A. WooDBURY. 

